The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-09-30

Marriage licenses were issued Satur
day TO George +. Kimble and Alice MAY
Swenson, Thomas ii. Ruder and Hattie
M. Russell, Charles q. Nelson and Edna
M. Swanson. Yesterday license was
granted to William A. Gum, of Cooling.
ton county, OAK, and l.. Gertrude Hurd
of this county.
Preparations for the National meet.
ing of the Knights ofLabor to be held at
Minneapolis next week are going for
ward rapidly. 1t is expected that this
will be the the largest gathering of re-
representatives. of organized labor ever
held in this country. Mr.. Powderly,
who will come sometime this week, will
stop ut the West hotel, where the head
quarters of the national committee will
be.
Homer Daniels, Esq, walked into
the FREE PRESS Office this morning with
box of cigars and passed them around
among the boys. 1t was all on account
of little girl who arrived at his house
early this a. m. The FREE Press Is par
ticularly gratified at this event, as Mrs.
Daniels was formerly compositor in
our office, and she is held in high es-
TEEN by all. May the little ones shad-
ow never grow less.
The Chicago International Military
Encampment will be grand affair if
the present indications can be relied
upon. President Cleveland and Gener-
al Sheridan and other high officers will
be present. There will be competitive
drills and rifle practice and sham bat
ties, besides parades and fireworks. A
grand stand having Il capacity of $4,000
people is being erected. There will be
band concerts participated III by 1000
musicians. Troops from Sweden, Nor
way, Belgium and Denmark will be in
attendance, besides thousands from this
country. The man-of-war, Michigan,
will anchor of Chicago and give exhi-
billions of naval drills. Company + is
anxious TO 60 and will do so if the en-
ployers of the boys will let them off.
Col. Mead will 20 in any event.
Mr.. b. I. Hutchinson was unexpect-
eddy called to Fort Dodge, Iowa. to-day
by dispatch announcing the death of
his father at that place. The latter was
chief of police at Fort Dodge and re-
ceived fatal injuries while attempting to
stop runaway team.
Mr.. Stephen Thorne, of Lake Crys-
tai, was in the city this morning solicit
ing subscriptions from some of our bust
ness men to aid Mr.. Neff, of the Union,
whose office was recently destroyed by
fire, to secure another outfit. We I'M
derstand that about 500 was raised at
the Lake, and it is probable that a like
sum will be subscribed here. This, with
the small insurance Mr.. Neff had on his |
will enable him to start up
without heavy Indebtedness hanging |
over him. The FREE Press wishes Mr.. |
Netf7s friends success in their very laud-
able undertaking.
On the evening of Monday, October
5rd, the local labor organizations of Min
neapolis and 81. Paul are to give Il grand |
at the Washington Rink,
in honor of the meeting of
the General Assembly Knights of Labor,
and the National convention of the |
Farmers Alliance. This meeting will be |
one of the most noted in the history of
the country, bringing together the re-
of the two largest organ
izations of toilers in the worlds history.
The rink will seat ten thousand people
and the tickets of admission have been
placed at the low figure of % cents. The
evenings program will include music,
addresses by Mr.. T. V. Powderly, Presi-
dent A. J. Streeter, of the Farmers AL
lance, and will close with dancing. The
from Mankato and vicini-
ty have been cordially invited.